See how much Toronto’s CityPlace has changed in this then-and-now photo tour

The massive mixed-use development stretches across a large parcel of brownfield that was once Toronto’s Railway Lands and until the mid-’90s, a neglected corridor.

Following west-coast developer Concord Pacific’s 1997 waterfront land acquisition, the groundwork was laid for what today is a 45-acre, mostly residential community from subsidiary Concord Adex that is nearing completion. (As two of our recent photo tours show, the site has come to include public art and builds on heritage architecture, too.)

CityPlace is bounded by Front Street to the north, Blue Jays Way to the east, Lake Shore Boulevard to the south, and Bathurst Street on the west. As part of our ongoing then-and-now series — which also includes Bloordale and Regent Park — we’ve compared present day CityPlace shots by James Bombales with historic photos of the area.